Personal Life
Byrne was born Jane Margaret Burke on May 24, 1934. In 1956, she married William P. Byrne, a Marine. The couple had a daughter, Kathy. On May 31, 1959, while flying from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point to Naval Air Station Glenview in a Skyraider, Lt. Byrne attempted to land in a dense fog. After being waved off for landing twice, his plane's wing struck the porch of a nearby house and the plane crashed into Sunset Memorial Park, killing Lt. Byrne.
Byrne married Jay McMullen in 1978 and they remained married until his death in 1992.
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